The silver carp, which can weigh 60 pounds, can leap high into the air and strike boaters. Its relative the bighead carp is even larger.
1 posted on
03/12/2004 4:44:17 PM PST by
mylife
To: StriperSniper; mhking
Big fishy pingeroony!!
2 posted on
03/12/2004 4:45:19 PM PST by
mylife
To: mylife
According to the rules set forth in my service agreement, I am not permitted to comment on this story.
3 posted on
03/12/2004 4:47:18 PM PST by
alancarp
(NASCAR: Where everything's made up and the points don't matter.)
To: mylife
"THE ASIAN CARP, which feed primarily on plankton, were brought to this country in 1972 by a fish farmer in Arkansas to help deplete an overgrowth of aquatic plant life." They just want to eat the low scum American fish won't eat...
4 posted on
03/12/2004 4:47:55 PM PST by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: farmfriend
Ping
5 posted on
03/12/2004 4:50:36 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
(This Space Available for Rent or Lease by the Day, Week, or Month. Reasonable Rates. Inquire within.)
To: mylife
7 posted on
03/12/2004 4:55:27 PM PST by
martin_fierro
(Right about now)
To: mylife
These fish have started showing up in lake Ponchatrain, I once saw about 100 of these things charge towards the levee...the roar of them crashing into the water was loud as hell
To: mylife
Ouch! Speaking of which . . . Does anybody know if anyone has ever been skewered by one of these guys while simply cruising along minding his own business?
To: mylife
If he hadn't been sitting in a tractor seat with a solid back, it would have knocked him out of the boat." If your tractor seat doubles as a fishin' boat seat...you just might be a redneck...
13 posted on
03/12/2004 5:10:36 PM PST by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: StriperSniper
I was fishing in Texas for striper a few years ago when I noticed Sand bass hitting my lures.
The lures for the stripers were to large for the sandies, so I set up an ultralight with a smaller lure and was happily reeling in both fish.
Suddenly my ultralight doubles over and I think wow! I have a striper on this thing!!
I played him for an hour so as not to break the 4 lb line.
It was a 35 lb carp!!
14 posted on
03/12/2004 5:13:38 PM PST by
mylife
To: mylife; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; AndreaZingg; Anonymous2; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
16 posted on
03/12/2004 5:17:40 PM PST by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: mylife
"They react to a boat and just go wild," said Benjy Kinman, the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife director of fisheries. "If somebody bangs something or stomps on the floor of an aluminum boat if they're up in a little creek mouth or something they'll all jump out of the water like popcorn." Well, that's when you pull out your 12 gauge and wing a few.
17 posted on
03/12/2004 5:24:23 PM PST by
DentsRun
To: mylife
Let me state up front (for the record), exotic species suck and are usually a detriment when introducted into a non-native habitat.
However, while I've yet to hear of an account of silver carp activity in my home port, the thought of hooking into a fish with the size and fighting charatceristics described does present a certain appeal.
19 posted on
03/12/2004 5:37:46 PM PST by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: mylife
Slapped with a large carp. It happens all the time.
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